Is NewsMax Corrupt?
Using the standards NewsMax itself applies to the New York Times, absolutely. By Terry Krepel Posted 9/6/2002 For an organization whose journalistic values hover pretty close to those of its Florida tabloid neighbors, NewsMax sure does get all hot and bothered about the journalistic standards of others. An Aug. 20 article takes the New York Times to task for allegedly distorting comments by Henry Kissinger to make it appear he is against the apparently imminent war against Iraq. It’s actually a compilation of three other articles on the subject: columns by Russ “Mugger” Smith in the New York Press and syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer and an editorial in the Washington Times. It starts with a quote from Smith that “It’s only a slight stretch to state definitively that the New York Times is a corrupt institution” and goes from there in the direction you’d expect. The Washington Times excerpt touches on its accusing the New York Times of “willful misrepresentation” and “intellectu
